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BOATS DELIVER PANCAKES BY THE TON AT CIUDAD BOLIVAR
In the more populous districts of the Orinoco the pulp obtained from the tuberous roots of the cassava plant is pattedinto
30-inch
flat
disks
and
baked
instead
ofbeing
made into coarse meal, as in Brazil. The huge cakes, called casabe, are wrapped in plantain
and
palm
leaves.